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Thursday, January 2, 2014

My 2013 Reading Retrospective

I like looking back at my reading "year in review" and being reminded of all of the worlds I've spent time in and characters I've gotten to know over the past year of reading. In looking back at this year, I read an unprecedented (for me) number of books, tried some new things to build a culture of literacy in my classroom/school, and challenged my middle school students to read as much as they could. All in all, 2013 was a great year of reading.

Not all of these released in 2013, that's just when I read them. Also, I have not included any 2014 releases that I read for this list, but I will be posting a favorites list for those on January 3rd.StandalonesTHE COLDEST GIRL IN COLDTOWN by Holly BlackTHE REAL BOY by Anne UrsuSOMETHING LIKE NORMAL by Trish DollerTHE DISTANCE BETWEEN US by Kasie WestOUT OF THE EASY by Ruta SepetysGHOST HAWK by Susan CooperJUMPING OFF SWINGS by Jo KnowlesWHERE THE STARS STILL SHINE by Trish DollerMY LIFE AFTER NOW by Jessica VerdiTWO BOYS KISSING by David LevithanOCTOBER MOURNING: A SONG FOR MATTHEW SHEPARD by Leslea Newman

Picture BooksJourney by Aaron BeckerMr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter BrownThe Dark by Lemony SnicketOn a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer BerneCreepy Carrots by Aaron ReynoldsRocket Writes a Story by Tad HillsExclamation Mark by Amy Krouse RosenthalMr. Zinger's Hat by Cary FaganFlora & the Flamingo by Molly IdleA Day With No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch

Continuing SeriesPERFECT SCOUNDRELS by Ally Carter (3rd book in HEIST SOCIETY series)BANG by Lisa McMann (book 2 in Visions series)CROWN OF MIDNIGHT by Sarah J. Maas (book 2 in THRONE OF GLASS series)ENDLESS by Jessica Shirvington (book 4 in EMBRACE series)CRASH INTO YOU by Katie McGarry (book 3 in PUSHING THE LIMITS series)THE RUNAWAY KING by Jennifer A. Nielsen (book 2 in THE FALSE PRINCE series)SNAKEROOT by Andrea Cremer (book 4 in the NIGHTSHADE series/start of NIGHTSHADE LEGACY series)

Series FinalesCHAMPION by Marie Lu (finale in LEGEND series)CLOCKWORK PRINCESS by Cassandra Clare (3rd book in Infernal Devices series)INFINITYGLASS by Myra McEntire (finale of HOURGLASS series)JUST ONE YEAR by Gayle Forman (sequel to JUST ONE DAY)

4 comments:

I absolutely love this post. I love it for the amazing book lists you provided as well as the book "shelf" ideas in the classroom. I am going to see about trying this out, I have four bare cupboard doors that I could use for it, and I think the kids would _love_ it! Thank you!!!

What a great post! I love your blog. A while ago you recommended some great books for me to purchase for my classroom library which I did. Great to see many of them in this post. I think my girls will be very excited when school starts for the year in February.

Great blog and very cool display ideas. I would love to be a student in your class!

What a wonderful post! Awesome to see you and your students doing so much reading. Yeah! I loved The Real Boy- it was one of my favorite reads of 2013. Best of luck with all of your reading in 2014. :)

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Hi! I'm Jillian Heise (pronounced Hi-Z). I'm a K-5 Library Media Teacher in southeastern Wisconsin. I previously taught 7th & 8th grade ELA in the Milwaukee area for eleven years & am National Board Certified. I am a passionate advocate for student choice in reading and the power of shared stories through #classroombookaday picture book read alouds. I also bring my literacy expertise and knowledge of books to my role as Chair of the WSRA Children’s Literature Committee.

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